The independent internet service provider, which is preparing to launch a BDU in Quebec, alleged Bell Media refused to provide its programming services.
Hybrid live-action/animation series Raven’s Adventures, produced by Edmonton’s Groove Soldier Productions, is among the recipients in the latest round.
Kim Guise, director of local and original programming at Telus, has joined the National Screen Institute’s board of directors.
Joe Natale leaves the position of president and CEO of the company after he took over the job from Entwistle (pictured) in May 2014.
Major Canadian TV providers last year lost a record 65,000 TV subscribers, Boon Dog Professional Service’s latest research reveals.
The Federal Court of Appeal in a March 23 decision said “Bell has not established that it will suffer irreparable harm” if the mobile TV service is banned until the case is heard.
The regulator said Rogers’ subscriber-only hockey game camera angles do not breach anti-competition rules for exclusive content.
The National Screen Institute will assign industry mentors to the two winning teams from the Storyhive competition, facilitated by Telus.
Telus recently told the CRTC it didn’t like Rogers Media and Shaw Media keeping Shomi for its own subscribers. So it’s offering Bell Media’s rival SVOD to its own TV customers.
The telco said vertically integrated carriers were using programming services to show undue preference for their distribution platforms.
The service will offer live and tape-delayed pro and amateur sports, comedy, music and special event programming, according to the approval from the CRTC.